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It is always, I presume, a question in every business just how fast it is wise to go, and we went pretty rapidly in those days, building and…

We were accustomed to prepare for financial emergencies long before we needed the funds.

I determined that the proper policy was "to put all good eggs in one basket and then watch that basket."

Business is merely work. Speculation in things already produced—that is not business.

The payment of five dollars a day for an eight-hour day was one of the finest cost-cutting moves we ever made, and the six-dollar day wage is cheaper…

It was about this time I conceiv'd the bold and arduous project of arriving at moral perfection.

You can only connect them looking backward, so you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future.

Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life … Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice.

We will continue to make investment decisions in light of long-term market leadership considerations rather than short-term profitability…

Day 2 is stasis. Followed by irrelevance. Followed by excruciating, painful decline. Followed by death. And that is why it is always Day 1.

企業領導層和組織文化的傳承一直是任何企業的最大挑戰。

阿里巴巴將永遠堅持做一家102年的企業，我們不會改變「讓天下沒有難做的生意」這個使命。

创新的基础还是学术自由，有自由的学术思想、自由的研究方向，这是很重要的。

一个不懂技术的工程师是浪费粮食。

对于拼多多管理层来说，本分意味着专注于为消费者创造价值。

拼多多将是个勇于投资未来，立足长远的公司。

The man who dies thus rich dies disgraced.

In this piece it was my design to explain and enforce this doctrine, that vicious actions are not hurtful because they are forbidden, but forbidden…

Probably in the life of everyone there comes a time when he is inclined to go over again the events, great and small, which have made up the…

In some measure I have been associated with the most interesting people our country has produced, especially in business--men who have helped largely…

It would have been a pleasure as well as a satisfaction to dwell with some fulness upon the stories of daily and intimate companionship which existed…

He was a young and enthusiastic fellow, so full of his subject that he added his slogan, "$4.00 a bbl.," after his signature on the register, that no…

I can never cease to wonder at his capacity for hard work. I do not often see him now, for he has great affairs on his hands, while I live like a…

Speaking of Mr. Archbold leads me to say again that I have received much more credit than I deserve in connection with the Standard Oil Company. It…

The great majority of my associations were made so many years ago, that I have reached the age when hardly a month goes by (sometimes I think…

One of my partners, who had successfully built up a large and prosperous business, was resisting with all his force a plan that some of us favoured,…

It is always, I presume, a question in every business just how fast it is wise to go, and we went pretty rapidly in those days, building and…

The part played by one of my earliest partners, Mr. H.M. Flagler, was always an inspiration to me. He invariably wanted to go ahead and accomplish…

It was to be expected of such a man that he should fulfil his destiny by working out some great problems at a time when most men want to retire to…

This one man, by his own energy and capital, has opened up a vast stretch of country, so that the old inhabitants and the new settlers may have a…

I first knew Mr. Flagler as a young man who consigned produce to Clark & Rockefeller. He was a bright and active young fellow full of vim and push.…

Naturally, I came to see more of him. The business relations which began with the handling of produce he consigned to our old firm grew into a…

For years and years this early partner and I worked shoulder to shoulder; our desks were in the same room. We both lived on Euclid Avenue, a few rods…

"All right, J.D., I'll give you all I've got." This was all he said, but I went home that night relieved of anxiety. As it turned out, we received…

And this sort of experience was not, I am grateful to say, rare with me. I was always a great borrower in my early days; the business was active…

We were then shipping a large quantity of oil by lake and canal, to save in transportation, and it took additional capital to carry these shipments;…

But I fear I am telling too much about banks and money and business. I know of nothing more despicable and pathetic than a man who devotes all the…

During all the long period of work, which lasted from the time I was sixteen years old until I retired from active business when I was fifty-five,…

Of detail work I feel I have done my full share. As I began my business life as a bookkeeper, I learned to have great respect for figures and facts,…

This phrase, "diligent in business," reminds me of an old friend of mine in Cleveland who was devoted to his work. I talked to him, and no doubt…

This ore trade was of great and absorbing interest at Cleveland. My old employer was paid $4 a ton for carrying ore from the Marquette regions…

"Look it all over," I said, "and decide which plan is best." It was a proud moment when this real authority accepted my suggestions as bringing out…

My methods of attending to business matters differed from those of most well-conducted merchants of my time and allowed me more freedom. Even after…

Of all the profitable things which develop quickly under the hand, I have thought my young nurseries show the greatest yield. We keep a set of…

Naturally, people of modest means lead a closer family life than those who have plenty of servants to do everything for them. I count it a blessing…

We thoroughly enjoyed this little business affair, and I can still close my eyes, and distinctly see the gentle and dignified birds walking quietly…

In beginning the work I had some advantages. My father's training, as I have said, was practical, the course at the commercial college had taught…

For the next year, with $25 a month, I kept my position, learning the details and clerical work connected with such a business. It was a wholesale…

To begin with, my work was done in the office of the firm itself. I was almost always present when they talked of their affairs, laid out their plans…

As I was studying the same plumber's bills in great detail, checking every item, if only for a few cents, and finding it to be greatly to the…

Passing bills, collecting rents, adjusting claims, and work of this kind brought me in association with a great variety of people. I had to learn how…

We would receive, for example, a shipment of marble from Vermont to Cleveland. This involved handling by railroad, canal, and lake boats. The cost of…

I should estimate that the salaries of that time were far less than half of what is paid for equivalent positions to-day. The next year I was offered…

In those days, in Cleveland, everyone knew almost everyone else in town. Among the merchants was a young Englishman named M.B. Clark, perhaps ten…

At that time, 10 per cent. a year interest was a very common rate for such loans. At the banks the rate might not have been quite so high; but of…

It was a great thing to be my own employer. Mentally I swelled with pride--a partner in a firm with $4,000 capital! Mr. Clark attended to the…

I went to a bank president whom I knew, and who knew me. I remember perfectly how anxious I was to get that loan and to establish myself favourably…

For long years after the head of this bank was a friend indeed; he loaned me money when I needed it, and I needed it almost all the time, and all the…

Mr. Handy trusted me because he believed we would conduct our young business on conservative and proper lines, and I well remember about this time an…

The situation seemed very serious; my partner was impatient with me for refusing to yield, and in this dilemma I decided to go personally to see if I…